Pen and pencil holder



Dec, 1%, 1924 S. l. PHILLIPS PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER Filed July 1923Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES OFFICE.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed July 3, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Sims IsAAo PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Delavan, in the county of WValworth and State ofl/Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Pen and Pencil Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to article holders and more particularly holdersespecially designed for supporting pens and pencils or the like, theprimary object of the invention being to provide means wherein a pen orpencil may be supported in the pocket of the user eliminating anypossibility of the pen or pencil becoming accidentally displaced.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be stamped from a sheet of flexible metal, the metal beingcurved or bent to grip a pen or pencil supported therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for securing theholder in the pocket of the user.

l Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of What is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a front elevational view of a holder constructed inaccordance with the invention, a portion thereof being broken away.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the modified form.

As shown by the drawing, the holder is in the form of a sheet metal baseformed with a curved extremity 16, which curved extremity cooperateswith the band 17, that overlies the face of the base to grip a pen orpencil positioned under the band.

Curved fingers 18 are stamped from the base 15 and are curved in thedirection of the band 17 to set up a binding action be- Serial No.649,310.

tween the band and fingers to grip a pen or pencil passed under theband. In this form of the invention, it is also contemplated to use aclasp for securing the device in the pocket of the user.

In the form of the invention as shown by Figure 2 of the drawings, thedevice includes a length of sheet metal bent upon itself, to provideopposed jaws 19, each of which being formed with a plurality of curvedportions 20 that cooperate, when the jaws are in posit-ions as shown byFigure 3 to clamp articles such as pencils or the like therebetwen.

A clasp 21 is also secured to the device in order that the same may bepositioned in the pocket of the user against displacement.

l Vhat is claimed as new is 1- 1. In a holder, a body portion having oneedge thereof curved inwardly, a band secured to the body portionadjacent to the opposite edge thereof, and said band adapted to engagean article positioned thereunder and set up a binding action between thearticle and the inwardly curved end of the body portion.

2. In a holder, a body portion, a band overlying the body portion andspaced therefrom, said body portion having fingers disposed under theband, said fingers adapted to set up a binding action with the band tohold an article supported therebetween, and said body portion having oneend thereof curved inwardly.

8. In a holder, a body portion, a band secured to the body portion andoverlying a portion thereof in spaced relation therewith, spring fingersstamped from the body portion and extending towards the band directlyunder the band, and said spring fingers adapted to set up a bindingaction between the band and an article positioned thereunder.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SILAS ISAAC PHILLIPS.

Witnesses L. H. WILLIAMS, E. M. ADAMS.

